In The Media

In addition to her professional publications, Dr. Hasbach’s work has been cited in numerous books and popular articles. Links to a sampling of recent articles follow:

• Bringing Nature Inside Can Improve Your Health. Here’s How to Do It by Stacey Colino, National Geographic, June 2023
• Nature Really is Good Medicine. Science Can Explain Why by Stacey Colino,  National Geographic, July 2023
• What Endures After a Climate Activist’s Suicide, New York Times, Nov 2023
• What is Ecotherapy? A Detailed Scientific Guide on the Healing Power of Nature by Ashley Welch, Everyday Health, May 2023
• Why Nature-based Therapy is Gaining Traction Among Veterans by Daliah Singer, Smithsonian Magazine, May 2023
• The Case for Talking to Your Houseplants by Stacey Colino, Washington Post (Jan 2023)
• How I Got My Kids to Love – or at Least Not Hate – Outdoor Travel by John Briley, Washington Post (June 2022)
• Ecotherapy Could Be the Key to Better Mental Health by Vicki-Marie Cossar, Metro UK (May 2022)
• The Best Ways to Teach and Talk About Climate Change with Kids by Mary DeMocker, Popular Science (Feb 2022)
• “4 Ways to Express Gratitude for the Outdoors” by Rachel Cavanaugh, Columbia Sportswear Outdoor Guide (Nov 2021)
• Ecotherapy: Why Spending Time Outside is Healing by Rachel Cavanaugh, Columbia Sportswear Outdoor Guide (June 2021)
• Why a Tree Is the Friend We Need Right Now by Elizabeth Bernstein, Wall Street Journal  (June 2021)
• Do You Need a Nature Prescription? by Madeline Laguaite, WebMD (April 2021)
• Waves Lapping, Birds Singing – Nature’s Sounds Bring Healing by Cara Murez, Healthday News (March 2021)
• The End of the Beginning: Therapists Mind the Mind Through All Parts of the Pandemic by Tiffany Eckert, NPR News (May 2020)
• Nature is a Balm. Even When You Can’t Leave Home by Eva Botkin-Kowacki in Christian Science Monitor (April 2020)
• So Your Kids Are Stressed Out About the Climate Crisis by Mary DeMocker in Sierra Magazine (Jan 2020)
• Why Spending Just Two Hours a Week in Nature is Good for You by Shawn Radcliffe in Healthline (June 2019)
• Human Nature by Carin Moonin in The Chronicle Magazine (May 2019)
• The Rise of Eco-Anxiety by Lauren Dockett in Psychotherapy Networker (Jan/Feb 2019)
• Using Nature as a Therapeutic Partner by Lindsey Phillips in Counseling Today (May 2018)
• “Is Nature the Key to Rehabilitating Prisoners?” by Brian Mockenhaupt in Outside Magazine (Sept 2016)
• “Bonding with Nature” by Vanessa Salvia in Northwest Boomer & Senior News (March 2016)
• “Technology is in Our Nature: But to Flourish, We Still Need Our Wild Connection” The Children & Nature Network  (October 11, 2015)
• “Natural High: The Science is in – Nature Really Does Make You Happy” by Elizabeth Weil in Vogue (December 2014)
• “The 25 Best Inventions of 2014” (The prison room that helps inmates relax) by Time staff in Time Magazine (November 20, 2014)
• “The Earth Has a Soul” by Silverstone, Toler, & Silverstone in Catalyst Magazine (October 31, 2014)
• “Oregon Prison Tackles Solitary Confinement with Blue Room Experiment” by Bryan Denson in The Oregonian (August 21, 2014)
• “Design in Mind: How Psychologists are Influencing our Living Space” by Kirsten Weir in Monitor on Psychology (Nov. 2013), a publication of the American Psychological Association
• “Mother’s Care: Empirical Evidence Shows That Convening with Nature Can Heal the Mind” by Richard Louv in Utne Reader (Nov./Dec. 2011)
• “Is There an Ecological Unconscious?” by Daniel Smith in The New York Times Sunday Magazine (January 2010)
• “This Side of Paradise: Discovering Why the Human Mind Needs Nature” by Eric Jaffe in The Observer (May/ June 2010), a publication of the Association for Psychological Science

Her work has also appeared in:

• Our Wild Calling (2019) by Richard Louv
• Vitamin N: 500 Ways to Enrich the Health & Happiness of Your Family & Community (2016) by Richard Louv
• Audubon Magazine (April 2013)
• The Nature Principle (2011) by Richard Louv
• Psychology Today Online (February 2011)

Recent TV, Radio, and Online Network Appearances:

• The Meaningful Life podcast (2022), “Reconnect with Nature and Yourself”
• Happiness in the Garden podcast with Isabelle Boucq (2023), “Exploring Ecopsychology and the Practice of Ecotherapy”
• NPR, KLCC Eugene (2020), “Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 and Strategies for Coping”
• Molina Leadership & Business Development Solutions (2020), “Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 and Strategies for Coping“
• Fresh Films Documentary (2019), “Trail Mix”
• BBC Radio Documentary, “The Why Factor” (2019) – “Why Does Nature Calm Our Anxiety?”
• Psychotherapy Networker (2019) – “Addressing Climate Fears in Therapy”
• Ecopsychology Voices series (2019) – “Prescribing Nature into a Clinical Practice“
• The Daily Emerald (2014) – “Don’t Let Pornography Show You How It’s Done”
• Huffington Post Live (2013) – “Spirituality, Well-being, and the Pursuit of Happiness”
• WNTR Hartford, CT Public Radio (2013) – “Nature and Technology in Our Lives”
• KVAL TV News, Eugene, OR (2011) – “Love Through the Ages” Series
• KVAL TV News, Eugene, OR (2010) – “Gardening for Your Health”
• NPR – The Chautauqua Edition (1999) – “Ecopsychology”